Attorneys for a Los Angeles man who’s suing the city over a violent October 2014 beating caught on camera now claim the city’s police department has been retaliating against their client in the months since the suit was filed.

On Tuesday, lawyer Caree Harper said she’ll be amending a civil rights lawsuit filed against the Los Angeles Police Department last November on behalf of 22-year-old Clinton Alford Jr. because the LAPD has allegedly been harassing, heckling and intimidating her client while the legal matter is in limbo.

“They want to catch him doing anything,” Harper told the LA Times on Tuesday. “Even if he’s not doing anything.”